Afghans bury dead after illegal weapons cache blast

Afghans buried their dead and surveyed the wreckage of their houses in the remote northern village of Bashgah today – a day after a devastating explosion in the home of an anti-Taliban warlord killed about 26 people.

Afghans bury dead after illegal weapons cache blast

Afghans buried their dead and surveyed the wreckage of their houses in the remote northern village of Bashgah today – a day after a devastating explosion in the home of an anti-Taliban warlord killed about 26 people.

Officials said an illegal weapons cache caused the blast, highlighting the danger from arms piled up in a quarter-century of war and the task of disarming commanders wary of rivals and the country’s US-backed government.

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